Cuomo will get operational in State of State

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that his first State of the State speech — which he will deliver Wednesday at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center — will not simply be a “laundry list” of programs and prescriptions, but rather a guide to government reorganization. Cuomo has said for months he intends to “reinvent” state government.

“We’re going to hear a specific, operational prescription for moving this state forward and managing the government correctly, [dealing with] many of the management, operational problems we’ve faced,” Cuomo said on WGDJ Talk 1300. “In terms of a new agency to protect consumers and police Wall Street, yes…I think the state can do a better job, frankly, of regulating and protecting consumers and regulating Wall Street.”

“That riddle has to be solved. The expression, more with less, is exactly right,” Cuomo said. “You have to do a better job in more of these areas and you have to save money at the same time.”